Attorney Jane S. Raskin's Legal Cases

White collar crime

United States v. SabreTech Inc.

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OUTCOME: Acquital on most counts and success on appeal

Raskin & Raskin successfully defended SabreTech, Inc., an aircraft maintenance company charged with various federal and state crimes arising out of the crash of ValuJet Flight 592 in the Florida Evergl ... ades. The firmâ€™s representation spanned seven years and encompassed a host of parallel proceedings including a three-year federal grand jury investigation, indictment, trial and appeal, a state homicide investigation and indictment, and various administrative investigations and proceedings by the FAA, the EPA, the NTSB and the United States Congress. The federal trial resulted in acquittals on a majority of the charges. The remaining charges, save one, were reversed on appeal, and the $9 million restitution ordered by the district court was vacated. The state criminal case was resolved through a negotiated agreement that resulted in the dismissal of all 220 counts of homicide, a no-contest plea to a regulatory offense and a voluntary charitable contribution by SabreTechâ€™s parent corporation.

White collar crime

United States v. SabreTech, Inc., et al.

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OUTCOME: Aquittal on most charges-success on appeal

Raskin & Raskin successfully defended SabreTech, Inc., an aircraft maintenance company charged with various federal and state crimes arising out of the crash of ValuJet Flight 592 in the Florida Evergl ... ades. The firmâ€™s representation spanned seven years and encompassed a host of parallel proceedings including a three-year federal grand jury investigation, indictment, trial and appeal, a state homicide investigation and indictment, and various administrative investigations and proceedings by the FAA, the EPA, the NTSB and the United States Congress. The federal trial resulted in acquittals on a majority of the charges. The remaining charges, save one, were reversed on appeal, and the $9 million restitution ordered by the district court was vacated. The state criminal case was resolved through a negotiated agreement that resulted in the dismissal of all 220 counts of homicide, a no-contest plea to a regulatory offense and a voluntary charitable contribution by SabreTechâ€™s parent corporation.

White collar crime

United States v. TRI, Inc.

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OUTCOME:

Jane Raskin represented a nationally prominent physician and medical researcher implicated in a sceme to develop and market a non-FDA approved Botox-like product. The case was an outgrowth of an incide ... nt in which four people were paralyzed after being injected with raw botulinum toxin. A federal grand jury returned a lengthy indictment charging Ms. Raskinâ€™s client, along with others, with conspiracy to defraud the United States, mail and wire fraud, and various FDA violations involving misbranded drugs. Following lengthy pre-trial proceedings, all of the other defendants pled guilty and were sentenced to lengthy prison terms. Jane Raskinâ€™s clientâ€™s position was further complicated because he was a Canadian citizen and, in addition to prison exposure, would face deportation in the event of almost any felony conviction. Following the selection of a jury, Ms. Raskin was successful in negotiating a disposition for her client which resulted in neither incarceration nor deportation.

Litigation

Avantage Fund, Inc. v Joseph Lents, et al.

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OUTCOME:

Jane Raskin defended the Chairman and CEO of a public telecommunications company who was alleged to have procured and defrauded individual and institutional investors through false and misleading press ... releases. The client simultaneously faced an SEC enforcement investigation, a federal grand jury investigation, and four separate shareholderâ€™s suits in multiple jurisdictions seeking tens of millions of dollars in damages. The SEC enforcement action was closed with no action having been taken, the grand jury investigation produced no charges against the client, and the shareholder suits were globally settled within the limits of the D & O insurance policy.

White collar crime

In re: State of Florida Search Warrant

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OUTCOME: Prosecution declined

Jane Raskin represented a national law firm which was named as a target of an investigation into payoffs to public officials in exchange for influence over votes on a large real estate development proj ... ect. Although one of the firmâ€™s attorneys was eventually prosecuted and convicted of participating in the scheme, Jane Raskin successfully convinced the government that its client had no knowing involvement in the scheme and, consequently, her client was not prosecuted.

Jane S. Raskin's Legal Cases (5)

United States v. SabreTech Inc.

United States v. SabreTech, Inc., et al.

United States v. TRI, Inc.

Avantage Fund, Inc. v Joseph Lents, et al.

In re: State of Florida Search Warrant